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WINDOW P. A. BEYER- Filed July 18. 1927 May 8, 1928.

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UNITED'STATES 1,669,320 PATENT OFFICE. J

PAUL ALFRED BEYER, DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

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Application filed July 18,

The invention primarily has for its object to provide certain new anduseful improvements in window construction wherein the sashes areindividually slidable in the usual I manner and in which means isprovided to permit the sashes to swing inwardly from one edge to renderthe outside thereof readily. accessible for cleaning purposes,-or forglazing and painting.

The invention further resides in the pro vision of novel. hinge devicesat one side of the window casing and novel removable sash guide andparting strip members which cooperate in properly guiding the sashes inordinary use-or for permitting the inward hinge movement thereof whendesired, and means to move said guides and strip.

A further object of the inventionis to provide guides for the sasheswhich will not be efiected by damp weather to cause the sashes tostick,other means to provide for tight fitting of the sashes and against waterleakage, and still further means to hold the sashes to position withoutthe use of weights and cords. I

The invention still further resides in the novel details ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, allof which will befirst fully described, then be particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, reference being had to-the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the invention.

Figures 2 and 3' are horizontal cross sections taken on the line 2-2 and3-3 respectively on Figure 1.

Figure 4: is a vertical cross section taken on the line 14= on Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a vertical. cross section taken on the line 55 on Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary face view illustrating the action of one ofthe hinged hinge keepers. p

In the drawings. in which like numerals of reference indicate like partsin all of the figures, 1 indicates thewindow casing sides, 2 the casingsill and 3 the top cross member thereof.

One casing side (the left side in this disclosure) is provided withguide beads 4t and a separator strip 5 which cooperate to form twoparallel and adjacent window guide grooves, the grooveways arepreferably lined 6 with metal as at 6 to reduce to themini- 1927. Serialno, 206,841.

mum possibility of the. sashes sticking in damp weather. 7 i w 7 .At theother side of the casing and at the upper half thereof similar guidebeads 7 are provided and cooperate with'the separator strip 8 toprovidethe sash grooves, the said grooves also being metal lined as at 9 forthe purposes hereinbefore'med tioned, p v. V The usual upper and lowerwindow sashes are indicated at lO and llrespectively and it is to beunderstood that they slide ver t-ically in the grooveways hereinbeforede-. scribed and in lower'continuations of the right hand grooveways,which said extensions are constructed in a peculiar manner as willhereinafter become apparent.

To provide for a tight fitting of the lower sash. edge and to guardagainst water leakage, a rubber bumper strip 12 may be mounted upon thesill in position for being engaged by the sash when lowered and theoutside edge of the sill may be provided with an upstanding flangetoythe rear of which may be provided a drain groove 14; from which anywater collected therein may be drainedthroughcthe holes 15 extendingfrom the said groove through the'front face of the sill. Each of thesashes 10 and 11 is provided at the left hand edge with an upperandalower hinge pintle 16 and 17 respectively, which are secured as at 18 tothe said sashes. The pintles 16 and 17 are adapted tocooperate withupper and lower keepers19,

secured as at 20 to the adjacent head in the 1 case of the lower sash,and to the adjacent the hinged portions of the keepers. The

said hinged portions are hinged off bal ance so that they will alwaystend to fall to the .normal horizontal position and both sets of keepersaresuitablyv aperturedto reseparator strip in the caseof the upperwindow casing in a manner later to be del ceive the hinge pintles 16-17when the sashes are lowered into position.

It is necessary to hinge the upper keepers to permit the lower hingepintles 17 to pass them when the sashes are raised and to re move thehinge portions of the keepers iron] contacting relation with theupwardly moving lower hinge pintles each sash is provided at its lowerleft hand corner with a cam strip 23 which will engage the hinged keeperportions and raise them to a substantially vertical position out ofengagement with the hinge pintles. It will be observed by reference toFigure 6 of the drawings tl at the cam strip is long enough to permitraising of the sashes so that the lower hinge pintles may be raise-d'aconsiderable distance above the upperkeepers. This is particularlyessential in the case of the lower sash, so that the said sash may beelevated so that its lower edge will be high enough to permit the uppersash, when lowered to the outwardly hinging position. to be swungoutwardly beneath the said sash. Thus the upper sash may be swungoutwardly on its hinge connections independently of the upper sash orboth sashes be lowered and swung outwardly on their hinge connections atthe same time, if desired.

To form proper continuations of the right hand sash grooves and at thesame time to provide for the proper freeing of the right hand sash edgesto permit outward swinging of the sashes on their hinge connections, theouter bead cooperative in forming the upper grooveway for the outer sashis continued down to the sill and cooperates with the thin fiat metalstrip 24 in forming a continuation of the grooveway which accommodatesthe said upper sash. Other thin flat guide strips 25 and 26 are providedand are so positioned that they cooperate in forming a continuation ofthe upper guideway for the lower sash and a suitable recess 27 isprovided to receive the strip 26 when collapsed in a man ner later to bedescribed.

Each of the strips 24, 25 and 26 is provided at its lower end with a.shaft extension 28 extending into a recess 29 formed in the sill andcovered by a removable strip 30.

Gears 31 are fixed upon the shaft extensions of the strips 24 and 25 andanother gear 32 is secured upon the shaft extension of the strip 26 andtoothed bars 33 and 34- are provided, the former being adapted to act onboth gears 81 and the latter to act on the single gear 33. Thus, bypulling outwardly on the bar 33 both strips 24 and 25 will be moved fromthe sash groove forming position or normal position to the collapsedposition relatively flat against the casing side to "tree the right handedges of the sashes and permit them to swing outwardly on their hingeconnections 16, 17 and 19. Similar movement of the strip 26 may beeffected neeaaao by an outward movement of the toothed bar 34.

The bars 33 and 34 pass through the inside edge of the sill and areprovided with handles Eli: by which they may be conveniently actuated.

In the upper sash receiving grooveways flat springs 36 may be secured toengage the edges of the window sashes and secure them to elevatedpositions without the necessity of using more or less expensive sashweights pulley and cord equipment which are constantly getting out oforder.

In the constructions I have herein described it is possible to raise andlower the window sashes in the same manner and as conveniently as ispossible in the conventional form of window construction. then, however,it is desired to wash the windows, or to perform other tasks usuallyrequiring one to climb out of the window to get at the outer faces ofthe sashes, it is only necessary to lower the sashes'so that the pintles1G and 17 will move into the apertures of the keepers 19 and to pulloutwardly on the bars 33 and 3%. The strips 2%, 25 and 26 will thus bemoved out of normal groove forming position to their collapsed positionflat against the right hand casing side and will free the righthandedges of the sashes and permit them to be swung outwardly on theirhinging connections.

If it is desired to swing the lower sash on y it is only necessary torelease the innermost strip 26. It will also be observed that the saidinnermost strip 26 operates independently while the other two strips 24and operate in unison. Thus it is unnecessary to move the strips 2% and25 unless the upper sash is to be swung outwardly and when the uppersash is to be swung outwardly the said strips may be moved in oneoperation.

It is also possible to swing the upper sash outwardly without sotreating the lower sash. In this case, the lower sash will be raised sothat its cam plate 23 will raise the hinge portion of the upper keeperin the manner illustrated in Figure (3 of the drawing and so that thelower edge of the sash will be slightly above the upper edge of theupper sash when lowered onto the sill. The lowering of the upper sash ofcourse, brings its hinge pintles into hinge forming cooperation with thekeepers so that when the strips 2 1, 25 and 26 (all have to be actuatedin this case) are actuated the said sash may he swung outwardly on itshinged connection.

lVhen the sashes are moved upwardly their cam. plates 23 serve to holdthe hinge portion of the keepers upwardly against any tendency to falldown beneath the hinge pintles and prevent lowering of the sashes.

rom the foregoingdescription, taken in connection with theaccompanyingdrawings, it is thought that the novel details of conwindow,the guides at the opposite side of the window having movable sections,and

gear and toothed bar devices to move the movable guide sections.

2. The combination with the windowframe and the vertically'slidable'sashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, sepa-'- I rablehinge elements carried in part by the fill frame and by, the sashes atone side of the window, the guides at the opposite side of the windowhaving movable sections, and means to move one movable guide sectionindividually and other of said guide sections collectively. I

3. The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidablesashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, separable hingeelements carried in part by the frame and by the sashes at one side ofthe window, the guides at the opposite sideof the window having movablesectrons, each said movable sectlon having a shaft extension, a gearfixed on eachshaft, and longitudinally movable rack bars to engage androtate the gears to move the movable guide sections for the purposesspecified.

4;. The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidablesashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, separable hingeelements carried in part by the frame and by the sashes at one side ofthe window, the guides at the opposite side of the window having movableseclions, each said movable section having a shaft extension, a gearfixed on each shaft.

and longitudinally movable rack bars to engage and rotate the gears tomove the movable guide sections, and said frame having a recess intowhich the shaft extensions project and in which said rack bars aremovable and slots through which said bars project to be accessible formanipulation, and a removable cover plate to cover said recess.

5. In a window structure of thecharacter stated wherein is provided thecasing including a sill and sash grooves, and vertically slidablesashes; a rubber bumper strip secured upon the sill beneath the sashesfor the purpose described.

6. In a window structure of the character stated wherein is provided thecasing includinga sill and sash grooves, and vertically slidable sashes;an upstanding flange at the weather face of the sill, said sill having awater collecting groove behind the flange'a'nd water discharging holesleading fromthe groove through the weather face of the said sill. i

7. The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidablesashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame, separable hingeelements carried in f part by the frame and by the sashes atone side ofthe window, the guides at the opposite side of the window having movablesections, and means to move the movableguide prising upper and lowerhln'ge-pintles can tured keepers carried'by thewindow frame in positionto receive the ,pintles when the sections said so arable hin e elementscomried by each sash, and upper and lower aperf sashes are lowered, saidupper keepers having hinged portions to permit certain of the hingepintles to pass when the sashes are raised, and means to hold the hingedkeeper portions raised until the passed hinge pintles again pass ontheir down travel and then permit them to fall by gravity to theirnormal positions, said hinged keeper portions being hinged off balanceto cause them to tend to fall back to their normal positions whenraised; V

8. The combination with the window frame and the verticallyslidablesashes, guides for the sashes at each side of the frame,separable hinge elements carried in part by the frame and by the sashesatone side of the window, the guides at the opposite side of the windowhaving movable sections, and gear and toothed bar devices to i move themovable guide sections, said mov-- able sections being in the nature offlat metal strips. Y

9. "The combination with the window frame and the vertically slidablesashes,

guides for the sashes at each side of the part bythe frame and by thesashes at one" side of the window, the guides at the opposite side ofthe window having movable sections, and gear and'toothed bar devices tomove the movable guide sections,said movable sections being in thenature of flat metal strips, and said guides being metal iined for thepurpose specified. 10. In a window structure of the character statedwherein is provided the casing ineluding a sill and sash grooves, andvertically slidable sashes; an upstanding flange at the weather face ofthe sill, said sill having a water collecting groove behindthe flangeand water discharging holes leading from the groove through the weatherface of )OSQS described.

PAUL ALFRED BEYER.

